What is the commonly used trope that irks you the most?

[AwkwardlySet]

Wow, the number of posts and the derailment of this thread... You guys have really upped your game, it seems. Well, at least there was some nerdy talk about genetics.

But I am surprised no one pounced on the fact that mitochondrial Eve is estimated to have existed about 150 000 years ago, while mitochondrial Adam is estimated somewhere around 200 000 to 300 000 years ago. Now that would have been one helluva May-December story. You know, the usual, girl meets an older guy, girl clubs the guy over his head and drags him to her den... or is it the other way around?

 

[SimonDoom]

Don't let @SimonDoom see this, or he'll have to add to his list of unwritten ideas...

Ha ha. I'm way ahead of you.

I already wrote a story about a mom shaved by her son.

I also wrote an LW story with a happy ending.

 

[vagrantx]

We'd be like this little robot, trying to keep ourselves alive with our own writing. Always on the chase.

Is it... dancing? That was strangely beautiful, and harrowing. Thank you!

 

[AG31]

Now that the percentage of people who consider it taboo is vanishingly small .

Really? True?

 

[AG31]

You know what’s the worst trope. Gratuitous SW quotes in the middle of porn stories - what’s up with that shit?

Emily

Sorry to be stupid, but what does SW mean?

 

[StillStunned]

You know what’s the worst trope. Gratuitous SW quotes in the middle of porn stories - what’s up with that shit?

Emily

This is the way.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Sorry to be stupid, but what does SW mean?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/f2/14/42f2144cb05217a9cc163746454b3a3e.gif

 

[EmilyMiller]

This is the way.

Before they lost their way…

 

[yowser]

See Kumquat's Law.

 

[StillStunned]

Before they lost their way…

Before the dark times. Before the Empire.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Before they lost their way…

It's a good indicator of how bad Hollywood writers are these days. I mean, they took everything from the SW EU, the characters, the setting, everything. They could even count on so many SW fans and fans of the two amazing old games that created the Mandalorian culture, and they still fucked it all up. I have been suspicious of the series from the start because I saw it wasn't building anything new; it was just exploiting everything that had already been built.
And that's one of the better SW shows even...
Hollywood needs an exorcism

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's a good indicator of how bad Hollywood writers are these days. I mean, they took everything from the SW EU, the characters, the setting, everything. They could even count on so many SW fans and fans of the two amazing old games that created the Mandalorian culture, and they still fucked it all up. I have been suspicious of the series from the start because I saw it wasn't building anything new; it was just exploiting everything that had already been built.
And that's one of the better SW shows even...
Hollywood needs an exorcism

I liked the first two seasons, then it became the Bo-Katan Kryze show and I lost interest. What do the fanboys see in Katee Jerkoff?

Emily

 

[StillStunned]

I liked the first two seasons, then it became the Bo-Katan Kryze show and I lost interest. What do the fanboys see in Katee Jerkoff?

Emily

As slim blondes go she's quite sexy.

 

[BeckyJones]

The title says it all.

Is there some commonly used trope that you find particularly irksome and why?
It can be a Lit trope but it can also be something more general, something from any genre of books or even movies.

I don't know, I'll read anything if it's well written. High level execution overcomes lack of originality.

When it comes to incest stories, though, I don't like two family members just inexplicably jumping each other. For the story to work, I feel like there has to be some back story to build sexual tension, and some kind of trigger to set it off.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

As slim blondes go she's quite sexy.

I have a mild suspicion that Em had sent her an invitation for some girl fun and Katee said no...

 

[EmilyMiller]

As slim blondes go she's quite sexy.

Is it as I’ve never watch BSG?

Emily

 

[EmilyMiller]

I have a mild suspicion that Em had sent her an invitation for some girl fun and Katee said no...

I’m saving myself for Natasha Liu Bordizzo.

Emily

 

[AlexBailey]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/f2/14/42f2144cb05217a9cc163746454b3a3e.gif

“Luke! At that speed do you think we’ll be able to pull out in time?”

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I’m saving myself for Natasha Liu Bordizzo.

Emily

I had to google her. She is in a far worse SW show though! I call double standards!

 

[EmilyMiller]

I had to google her. She is in a far worse SW show though! I call double standards!

Have you seen her?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jisVhBm3L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg



Emily

 

[BeckyJones]

Interracial being anything other than just sex between two Homo sapiens. Tiny white girls being violated by BBCs as if a wild animal has been let loose on them. Hate the segregationalist undertones. Hate the black guys as something other than human undertones.

People are people. Melanin and collagen levels are entirely irrelevant.

Emily

I agree that interracial, the way you describe it, is objectionable.

That being said, I think it is possible to write an interracial story of quality. It could focus on the social/family/friends angle, and the barriers they face in their relationship. Or it could focus on the excitement of the taboo, especially where at least one of the characters comes from an isolated or sheltered (or prejudiced) background. Or something along those lines.

I've read some stories that attempted to express those concepts, and they generally fall short of saying anything interesting or meaningful. They do tend to fall back onto stereotypes.

But should the category even exist? I've seen that many people here think its very existence is a form of racism, and I can see the argument for that. But interracial is a kink, so I suppose it belongs here as long as it has writers and readers.

 

[BeckyJones]

Have you seen her?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jisVhBm3L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg



Emily

The cameltoe reminds me of my ex

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Have you seen her?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jisVhBm3L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg



Emily

Meh, she is cute, although not really my type.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

The cameltoe reminds me of my ex

Your ex was a camel?

 

[SimonDoom]

I don't know, I'll read anything if it's well written. High level execution overcomes lack of originality.

When it comes to incest stories, though, I don't like two family members just inexplicably jumping each other. For the story to work, I feel like there has to be some back story to build sexual tension, and some kind of trigger to set it off.

Is this enough buildup and trigger:


One day I was walking down the hallway of my house, mourning my breakup with Trixie and the glum prospect of a sexless summer, when Mom exited the bathroom, having just taken her morning shower. Suddenly, the towel fell off her body. The splendor of her feminine, MILFy glory was revealed to me at last, leaving me dumbfounded and awestruck. Mom gasped and covered herself as best she could with her hands. She turned and ran back to her bedroom, revealing a perfect, smooth peach of an ass.

From that moment on, I knew I had to have her.


That pretty much covers the bases, doesn't it? In two paragraphs we've established the main character's need, the hole in his life and his motivation, Mom's hotness, the triggering event, and Son's reaction to it. It's just cat and mouse from there.